Stamford man pleads not guilty in Darien hit-and-run accident

By Maggie Gordon, Correspondent

Published 10:11 pm, Friday, March 12, 2010

STAMFORD -- The 89-year-old man charged in a hit-and-run accident that sent a Darien teen to the hospital in critical condition, pleaded not guilty to felony charges Friday at state Superior Court in Stamford.

Paul Plepis, of 59 Apple Tree Drive, Stamford, was charged with evading responsibility on March 2 after turning himself in to police.

Plepis was driving a silver Toyota Camry north on Hoyt Street on Feb. 27 when he struck the 15-year-old boy, a police report of the incident said; at the time,

Plepis was not aware he had hit the child, and thought he may have struck a branch.